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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive these new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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